Velocipede driving part



' J. A. BRIED VELOCIPEDE DRIVING PART Filed may 17. 1922 of the double disc welded type, and has two. .hubs 11 welded or otherwise secured to the a r rate r sienna no n. c. 1:

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application flied. may it, 1922. serial Ho. semen.

ing Farts-of which the tollowin is a specification and which is illustrate in the accomganying drawings.

T is invention role to small V6100]! res as used by children and particularly to the construction of the front fork and pedal driving parts connecting the front or drivingtwheel.

has for its rincipal objects, improted construction of t ese rts, overcoming the usual play between driving crank shafts and wheel, promoting of assembly and avoiding any pro ecting parts which would be liable to scratch or in ure a riders shoes or clothing.

These several objects are attained in the construction shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 shows in partial vertical cross section the front fork, driving wheel, pedals and crank shafts of a childs velocip'ede. Figure 2 shows a sine; view of one side of the fork and its detachable end. Figure 3 shows an end view of one detachable; end, looking down from the dotted line 3-3 of Fie 2. Figure 4 shows the shape of the fork extremity with the detachable end removed.

Figure 5 shows in reduced scale, a erspective view of a complete, childs ve ocipede embraci g my improved driving parts.

In Figure the y or steering head of the velocipede is designated 1 and the front fork 2.

The fork 2 is of one piece bent around to form two sides 3-3 and is transverse? braced on top by'the bridge member 4 wel ed to it and to which a steering 5 riveted at 6.

The steering post s upward through the body 1 of the velocipe'de, being supported in lower and upper bearing plates respectively 7 and 8, so that it is free to turn for steering the driving wheel 9.

The driving wheel 9 shown in section, is

disc sides. A tube 12; passes entirely through the wheel and hubs l1 and receives the ends l3-13 of the pedal or its.

4 The a shafts 18 of each d are din-- phcates terminating at it in thecenter ot the tube. They are of round iron and have two a roximately right ale bends 15 and 16 a common form of construction) to form]. the Pr in, v. Q

The shafts are firmly prd intothe tubular hub. of the wheel and permanently rivsteel in lace at 17 by rivets peg through! both tu e and hubs.

Before riveting to the wheel, however, a"

bearin 18, here shown as a bl bear, is p shpdpe over each shaft. The w t gs he in position on the shatt'against the hub gbky absnaall stop 1.9 feed on the shaft at e on The bearings 18 are secured to detachable fork ends 20 by runs of ferrules 21' or ed over both bearing and fork ends sot at thely form an inseparable assemblin nnit;

he detachable fork ends 20am with tapered overlapping sides 22 to fit over and embrace the tape ends 23 of the lower extremities of the forks, the shape of thshllatter being shown clearly in d e ends 20 is shown in general to of the detachabetorli Figure 2, a side view ofthe fork only with a detachable end in :m i 7 tion. Figure 3 shows the end view the detachable end shown in Figure 2 but with the bearing omitted j The detachable ends carryin will thus be seen to slip over t fork and seat tightly along the tapered edges with their ovm'lapping e the bearings e'ends or, the} dges 22 locked I around the edges of the ta fork en The weight of a rider on t e vehicle serves to keep the-detachable nds forced up on the itapered fork ends tightly in place,

To prevent possible loosening of the de tachable ends a small screw. 24 is passed.

through each detachable end and screwed into a threaded hole 25 in the fork ends.

The hole in the detachable end through. rm D,

which the screw passes is made loose or slotted so the parts will be freeto seat themselves and not be limited by the screw.

On the outer end of the crank shaft is mounted a rotatable pedal 26, usually of rubber with a metal bushing27 passing through it, This pedal is positioned on the. shaft between two washers 28. The inner washer bearing inst another stop 29 formed on e time! shaft and the outer all against a wire split ring 3.0 sprung into a lid groove 31 formed in the extreme end of the shaft.

F'grz 5 shows in a reduced scale, a perspective view of a small velocipede fitted with my improved driving construction, with the principal parts numbered as given.

The construction above descri in detail while similar in some respects to existing designs is quite different at several important points, It will be noted that the wheel, cranks, and bearings crimpedinto the loose fork ends, are a permanent inseparable assembly which may be readily removed for replacing of worn tires on the wheel, but on which there is nothing to lose or get shaky through use.

Earlier constructions simulating this have necessitated loosely fitting cranks in the wheel held by cutters or removable pins, such construction alwa s developed so much wobble and play to the cranks and wheel as to impair the vehicles usefulness, whereas in applicants device the cranks are forced under power into the wheel and firmly riveted, for on account of the detachable fork ends, they do not have to come out to remove the wheel from the vehicle.

I claim: I. In a velocipede, a driving wheel of the disk type comprisin spaced sheet metal side isks secured together near the outer edges, two outwardly flanged hubs secured one to each disk, a spacing tube centrally disposed within the wheel, two driving crank shafts extending.

respectively into said tube from o posite ends thereof, and means passmg t rough the flanges of said hubs and said crank shafts for securing the shafts in lace.

2. In a velocipede driving w eel-hubs on both sides of said wheel, a tube passing through said wheel and into said hubs driving crank shafts extending into said tube from both ends, each riveted through said tube and one of said hubs.

3. In a velocipede driving wheel-hubs on both sides of said wheel, a tube passing through said wheel and into said hubs driving crank shafts extending into said tube from both ends, each riveted through said tube and one of said hubs, a bearing on each crank shaft outside of said hubs, and a stop on each crank shaft for positioning the hearing it. In a velocipede driving wheeha shaft two centrally.

guesses r shaft at the latter bend to locate the inner end of the pedal, a groove formed around the shaft beyond the outer end of the pedal 'andva retaining ring in said groove accessible. without the edal for manipulation.

5. In a velocipe e front fork, detachable ends therefor formed to slide longitudinally each over one end respectivel of "said fork in overlappin engagement t erewith," a ball bearing for t e front axle at each detachable end and a ferrule locking the bearing to the detachable end.

6. In a velocipede a front fgrk having its free ends -t'errninating each in ataper, detachable ends formed to slide each respectively overa fork end in locking engagement with, the taper, aball bearin for-the front axle at each, detachable en and a ferrule for eachlocking the bearing to the detachable end. 1 i

K 7. In a'velocipedefront fork, a ball bear-- ing, a ferrule. embracing the ,edgesofisai'd bearing, a hole in the end'of said fork, said ferrulejpassingcinto said hole, and being;

turned over against the fork end to tie'the bearing to said fork end.

- 8.- In a velocipe'de; a front fork having its free ends terminating in -a'taper, detachable ends formed =to,slide longitudinally each respectivel over a tapered fork end and to overlap wth edges and engage both sides thereof. 1' Quln a velocipede, 'a-front fork'havi ng its free ends terminating in a taper, detachable ends formed to slide longitudinally till each respectively over [a tapered fork end I and to overlap both edges and engage both sides thereof, said detachable endsibeing endwise removable 'only and' provided; with means for holding against such removal.

10. In a veloci-ped e frontfork construe tion, bearing supporting detachableiends formed to interlock with the lower cnds of the fork and adapted'toiwedge upwardly and ti hten in place through the weight of a'ri or on the velocipede.

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